Matt Ross Signs With CAA (Exclusive)

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WME has signed media creator Sheena Melwani in all areas. Her Interrupted Series has earned over 1 billion views on TikTok and YouTube.

Tommy Wright has told John Hughes to stop whinging about referees and focus on his team. The Staggies manager launched a furious blast at officials as he backed his Hamilton counterpart Brian Rice in his assertion that so-called smaller clubs don't get decisions.

Hip-hop artist 2 Chainz, who released his sixth studio album in November, has signed with APA for representation in all areas. The artist, whose name is Tauheed Epps, was previously at WME.2 Chainz’ debut album,Based on a T.R.U.

EXCLUSIVE: Prolific writer, playwright, director Sigal Avin, creator of the Israeli psychological thriller series Losing Alice, has signed with CAA.

Actor Dylan Sprayberry has signed for representation with M88 in all areas. Sprayberry is best known for playing Liam Dunbar’ in MTV's Teen Wolf supernatural drama from its fourth season and portrayed the young Clark Kent in Zack Snyder's Man of Steel movie for Warner Bros- DC Universe.

CAA has signed prolific social media content producer Dhar Mann for representation in all areas. Mann as a writer and producer of inspirational content has 40 million social media followers and more than 16 billion views.

EXCLUSIVE: Writers Guild Award winner and Primetime Emmy nominee Ryan O’Connell has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.

Emmy nominee Margaret Cho (30 Rock, Law & Order SVU), Fortune Feimster (Yes Day, The Netflix Afterparty), Skai Jackson (Jessie), Rebecca Henderson (Russian Doll), and Paris Jackson (Gringo, Lee Daniels’ Star) have rounded out the cast of Sex Appeal, the latest collaboration between Hulu and American High.

New York Times bestselling author and artistAkwaeke Emezi has signed with Verve. Emezi’s firstnovel Freshwateris currently in development to be adapted as an FX series with Emezi writing and executive producing alongside Verve client Tamara P.

WME has signed chef and TV personality Matty Matheson. Matheson, who had been previously repped by UTA, made a name as the host of Vice’s food and travel show Dead Set on Life, regularly appeared on Vice's Munchies series and hosted Viceland's It's Suppertime! As he pivots to self-produced web series, his YouTube channel includes the 12-part show Just A Dash and Home Style Cookery series.

Frankie Jonas is following in his brothers' footsteps. The youngest Jonas has signed with UTA, the agency that represents his siblings Nick, Joe and Kevin.

UTA has signed social media and YouTube influencer Nailea Devora in all areas. Devora has secured over 9 million followers across social media accounts, including on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.

Angelique Jackson “Minari” star Alan S. Kim has already captured audiences and critics’ hearts, and now the young star has landed new agents.The eight-year-old has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.Kim earned rave reviews for his breakout performance as David Yi in Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari,” which has been nominated for six Academy Awards, including best picture.

When “Sputnik” was released last summer, the film earned solid reviews but many wrote it off as just “‘Alien’ in Russia.” Sure, the Russian sci-fi film about an alien that may or may not have taken over the body of a cosmonaut that has returned to Earth after a mission has some “Alien”-esque ideas, but dismissing it as a sort of Ridley Scott rip off is reductive and wrong.

Vanessa Williams made history becoming the first African American woman to be crowned Miss America, but the road ahead for her was not an easy one. Thirty-eight years later, Williams, 58, says winning the title made her «grow up overnight.»«I really wasn't prepared [to handle how the country took my win] because I'd never been a part of the system before, so I didn't know what was the next step,» Williams told ET's Kevin Frazier.

Hidden Empire Film Group — the film and TV production entity run by filmmaker Deon Taylor, Roxanne Avent and billionaire businessman Robert F. Smith — has brought industry veteran Quincy Newell on board as chief operating officer.

One of the stars of NBC's Young Rock is getting noticed. Bradley Constant, who plays a teenage Dwayne Johnson in the biographical series, has signed withBuchwald.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorElsa Majimbo, comedian and social-media phenom, has signed with CAA for representation in all areas.A native of Kenya, Majimbo attracted worldwide attention during last year’s COVID-19 lockdowns with her funny, pared-down Instagram monologues — coupled with her contagious laugh, tiny sunglasses and predilection for potato crisps (which Americans call “chips”).

Film, TV and theater actress Kathy Najimy has signed with APA. Najimy’s film credits include starring in Sister Act, opposite Whoopi Goldberg, and Hocus Pocus alongside Bette Midler.